Customer Reviews

Frommer's Walking Tours : Tokyo

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My sister and I were in Tokyo for two weeks and found this book to be the best guide we had for discovering the Tokyo that tourists rarely see. We walked 11 of the described routes and would not have gotten to know nor enjoy the city as well as we did without it. It takes you through the backyards of temples, shrines, neighborhood shopping areas and more, 100% Japanese areas with almost no foreigners. We loved it! We had several other guides along (TimeOut, Travler's Tales: Japan, etc.) but this one had the most comprehensive walking routes; a must if you really want to know the city better than just the tourist attractions. We wish there were more books like this for other cities.

I brought this book to Japan and packed it all over the country for two weeks before we got to Tokyo. I had read positive things about it online, and tried to follow the tour of Ginza as described in the book. It was extremely confusing, and after only much effort I managed to find the sites described, which turned out to be extremely uninteresting (some souvenir stores going out of business). I then accidentally left the book at a SegaWorld and was not able to find it again. No great loss. I would give it fewer stars if I hadn't lost the book - I am giving it the benefit of the doubt!

I have just arrived into Tokyo to live here for 6 months and was thrilled to find this book on the shelves within the apartment.

Every one of the tours that was described looked like areas that I would like to explore during my time here. Unfortunately, during my first exploration the first two stops were no longer located in the same area. This made the walking tour quite a waste of time.

Excellent book that should be updated.